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Scenic wallpaper was the height of fashionability in mid-nineteenth century America. These four medallion wallpaper panels feature monuments in the city of Paris, France (see Inst.1983.1.2-4). The monuments depicted are "L'Obelisque de Luxor," "La Tour Saint-Jacques," "La Porte Saint-Denis," "L'Eglise Saint-Sulpice"
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Title: Wallpaper
Maker:
Jules Desfosse
Date: 1857
Geography: Made in Paris, France
Medium: Paper
Dimensions: 50 3/8 x 31 1/2 in. (128 x 80 cm)
Credit Line: Purchase, 1983
Object Number: Inst.1983.1.1
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